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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dinner Party: Dinner Party – Dessert

Dinner Party Dinner Party: Dessert Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE In the middle of this year (the American summer) a supergroup rather quietly snuck into place. All of its members had worked together in various combinations or at least mixed in the same musical circles – but it’s a stacked deck: Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 9th Wonder, Album Review, Alt. Versions, Bilal, Dessert, Dinner Party, Dinner Party: Dessert, Dinner Party: Dinner Party - Dessert, Edit, EP, Herbie Hancock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Mini-Album, Phoelix, R'n'B, Remix, Robert Glasper, Snoop Dogg, Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE, Supergroup, Tank and The Bangas, Tarriona 'Tank' Ball, Terrace Martin, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July (2) 2020

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… This […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, 9th Wonder, Afternoons, Dinner Party, Jesse Mulligan, Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade, July, Kamasi Washington, Phone, Radio, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: July (2) 2020, Robert Glasper, RoundAgain, Supergroups, Taupo, Terrace Martin, Tuesday ·

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July 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dinner Party: Dinner Party

Dinner Party Dinner Party Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE What a supergroup! Dinner Party is the name of the band-project and the name of this 7-track mini-album/EP featuring Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder. That’s almost too much talent to pack into one studio on any given day – and this mini-album […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 9th Wonder, Album Review, Dinner Party, EP, Kamasi Washington, Mini-Album, Robert Glasper, S/T, Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE, Supergroup, Terrace Martin, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 187: Mark de Clive-Lowe

Welcome to episode 187 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Acid-Jazz, America, Auckland, England, Funk, Harvey Mason, Hip-Hop, http://www.mdcl.tv/, Japan, Jazz, John Coltrane, Kamasi Washington, Keyboards, LA, La Petite Chocolat, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miles Davis, Off The Tracks, Pianist, Piano, Pino Palladino, Podcast, Questlove, R'n'B, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 187, Sweetman Podcast # 187: Mark de Clive-Lowe, Sweetman Podcast: Mark de Clive-Lowe, T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ghost-Note: Swagism

Ghost-Note  Swagism  ROPEADOPE  If Kamasi Washington is exploring the Albert Ayler/Coltrane connections in a modern landscape then Ghost-Note is doing something similar with templates created by Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock…which is to say on Swagism they hint at the late-80s/early-90s hip-hop influenced and inflected funk and R’n’B jams of those masters whilst also adhering to the types of grooves Hancock and Jones […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acid-Jazz, Album Review, Ghost-Note, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Quincy Jones, Snarky Puppy, Swagism, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

John Beasley: MONK’estra, Vol. 2

John Beasley presents… MONK’estra, Vol. 2 Mack Avenue/Southbound You can almost hear the gnashing of the teeth of purists – Why do this to Monk? – but though Volume 2 of Beasley’s reworkings of Monk tunes for his own big band is the inevitable mixed bag (opening with Dontae Winslow’s rap on Brake’s Sake is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Album Review, Arrangements, Big Band, Covers, Dianne Reeves, Dontae Winslow, Jazz, John Beasley presents…, John Beasley presents…MONK’estra Vol. 2, John Beasley: MONK'estra, Kamasi Washington, Monk, MONK’estra Vol. 2, Reinterpretations, Thelonious Monk, Vol.2, Volume 2, Wellington Jazz Festival, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Thundercat: Drunk

Thundercat Drunk Brainfeeder The West Coast Get Down collective really made their mark with Kamasi Washington’s triple, The Epic. Famously, the sessions for that album resulted in a handful of other albums – in fact they’re still coming; the group set themselves the goal of wasting no time, so every day they turned up and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brainfeeder, Drunk, Kamasi Washington, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Stephen Bruner, The Epic, Thundercat, Thundercat: Drunk, West Coast Get Down ·

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June 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 686

Kamasi Washington, The Epic (2015) I called it pretty early on – decided that it was going to be the best album of 2015 (for me). And then I wrote a review, still sure that it was the towering achievement of that year. I stand by it – of course. No other record meant as […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2015, Best Album of 2015, Brainfeeder, Kamasi Washington, LP, Record, The Epic, The Rhythm Changes, The Vinyl Countdown # 686, Vinyl ·

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February 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Thundercat (February 3, Wgtn)

Thundercat San Fran Wednesday, February 3 Thundercat is a freak! He’s got the jazz-noodling from the 70s/80s down pat; he’s like all of your favourite session stars from the fusion era and (slightly) beyond – and all at once. He’s like the best example of the worst nightmare that is the session guys running away […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2015, Bass, February 3, Flying Lotus, Gig Review: Thundercat (February 3, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Laneway, San Fran, Stephen Bruner, Thundercat, Wednesday, Wgtn ·

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October 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Win Tickets to Soulfest in Auckland

Soulfest – it’s going to be good, so, so good – I had to give it another plug just recently because I’m so excited about the chance to see Kamasi Washington (given how great The Epic is) but it’s hard picking just one favourite act on that bill. The good folk at the Soulfest have […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Auckland, Competition, Free Tickets, GA, Giveaway, Hip-Hop, Jill Scott, Kamasi Washington, Mary J. Blige, Miguel, R'n'B, Soul, Soulfest, Win, Win Tickets to Soulfest in Auckland ·

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October 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Kamasi Washington: The Epic

Kamasi Washington The Epic Brainfeeder Okay, I’m just – now – writing a review of The Epic, the debut full-lengther – TRIPLE ALBUM – by Kamasi Washington. But here’s the thing, back after I first heard it, an advance stream, I declared it the best album of 2015. I’ve done that every year the last […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3CD, Album Review, Blog On The Tracks, Brainfeeder, Dan Weiss, Hip-Hop, Jaga Jazzist, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, The Best Album of 2015, The Epic, Triple Album, World Music ·

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July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Thundercat: The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam

Thundercat The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam Brainfeeder Thundercat – aka Stephen Bruner – has contributed to a handful of the very best albums in recent years, collaborating with Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus and Kamasi Washington (which means he’s already played on the best album of 2015) and if his leathery-liquid bass lines have been a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brainfeeder, EP, Flying Lotus, Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Mini-Album, Stephen Bruner, The Beyond, The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam, Thundercat, Where The Giants Roam ·

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